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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. A recent Health Affairs article reviewed opportunities to incorporate a palliative care benefit into ACOs.

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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

This program was intended to ready providers to meet increased expectations under phase 2 of Colorado’s accountable care collaborative (ACC), [iii] which was under development at that time. The Healthy Connections Value Care program went live July 1, 2021, and requires participation for PCCM providers.